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AssistarrChat with your media server

Ask for movies and shows, check queues and downloads, and manage Radarr, Sonarr, Jellyfin, Jellyseerr and qBittorrent in plain language.

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Self-hosting

Assistarr chat answering a download-queue question with Radarr and Sonarr tool calls

Try it ​

Try the live demo. It opens straight into the chat as a guest, against a made-up library and a scripted assistant, so no media server or account is needed. Ask what is downloading, what is coming up on the calendar, or to search for a title, and Assistarr calls the same Radarr and Sonarr tools it uses on a real server. The demo is read-only: nothing you do is saved, and settings are locked. To use it with your own services and a real model, install it yourself below.

Install ​

Assistarr is self-hosted. There is no published npm package or container image, so you run it from a clone of the repository. You need Docker, plus an AI provider key (the Compose setup uses OpenRouter).

bash
git clone https://github.com/alliecatowo/assistarr.git
cd assistarr
cp .env.example .env
# set POSTGRES_PASSWORD, AUTH_SECRET and OPENROUTER_API_KEY
docker compose up -d

Then open the app, add your services in settings, and start chatting. To run without Docker you need Node.js 24+, pnpm 9+ and PostgreSQL 16+; see Getting started and Self-hosting.

What you can ask ​

  • What is in my download queue?
  • What new shows are releasing soon?
  • What movies do I have?
  • Add a movie or series, then approve the request when prompted.

The full list of tools is in the AI tools reference.